News
The Food Packaging Forum reports on recent developments across the food packaging and health field.
December 5, 2019
European Environment Agency state of the environment 2020 report examines chemical pollution in Europe; recommends moving away from individual risk assessments towards grouping, using less hazardous chemicals across life cycle to improve circularity of economy
Topics: risk assessment
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December 5, 2019
Results from study find 54% increase in recycling of plastics in Belgium since 2006; identify that recycled plastics not fully used in new products; report provides tables and figures with mass flows of plastic waste sources and treatments
Topics: circular economy, plastics
Reading time: 1 minute
December 5, 2019
European Chemicals Agency publishes updated versions of two guidance documents for registration of substances in nanoform
Topics: ECHA, nanomaterials
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December 5, 2019
Agency announces expanded uses for three food contact materials and articles, three new resins, and one new food contact substance; public comments accepted until December 25, 2019
Topics: china, regulation
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December 4, 2019
Switzerland amends FCM regulation to better align with EU provisions; specifies bans and specific migration limits for epoxy derivatives, prohibits BPA migration from varnished or coated FCMs in products for young children
Topics: regulation
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December 4, 2019
Italy expands list of stainless steels authorized for food contact, updates list of unintentionally added elements permitted in stainless steels
Topics: steel
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December 3, 2019
EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) concludes that information supporting the current authorization of wood flour and fibres for use in plastic food contact materials is ‘insufficient’; criteria for future evaluations of plant materials for use as plastics additives address migration and toxicological evaluation of migrants
Topics: EFSA, risk assessment
Reading time: 2 minutes
November 28, 2019
Outcome of two-day workshop aims to provide universal framework for organizing mechanistic information for hazard identification; recognize features of hormone regulation/action independent of diversity of effects
Topics: endocrine disruptor
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November 28, 2019
Journal publication presents summary of presentations and key messages from 2017 workshop focused on animal testing alternatives and strategies for food safety assessments
Topics: non-animal testing
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November 27, 2019
German institute for risk assessment publishes position statement on melamine-formaldehyde resins, including tableware made with bamboo fibers; warns consumers against using such tableware with hot liquids; recommends lowering specific migration limit of formaldehyde in EU regulation from 15 to 6 mg/kg
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